Maxine Dundas
Remember the image I posted earlier showing that this photo is in the collection of the NZ government? Well, this is why....The Miriam Bredelia Soljak who gifted the photo was in fact Annie Cummings' sister: [external link] . She was very important in feminist issues and family planning in NZ.

Chris Parham
a clue for you.. something I learned during a Titanic related garment study.. there was a tradition in the UK to give a silver buckle to the graduating nurse.. so take a closer look at her waist.

Beatrice Elaine Albright
Yes, Andrew has the right idea, caps were very specific for schools of nursing. And one of the London ones had a cap that tied, they kept it well into the 20th century. I don't know if we had any that did that (US we).

Maxine Dundas
Have found an Annie T Cummings, Hawera, in the New Zealand Register of Medical Practitioners and Nurses from the years 1903-1907 then 1909-1916. Looks like the same one above but she must have had another middle name also!

Tonya Hamilton
I looked her up on [external link] and found an Annie Isobel Cummings who was born in June 1875, in Kent England and died in 1899 in Kent England...parents were Alexander and Anne Cummings, first husband Eugene Callahan and 2nd spouse was Charles Henry Hall...could be the one?...the census does not say her job...nor is there a death certificate..let me try New Zealand.

Maxine Dundas
A Cummings family tree has this photo and has Annie as being born Annie Cunningham, born Glasgow around 1850. Married Matthew Cummings, born around 1849 in Ireland. Arrived in NZ on the 9 Oct 1879. Died 23 March 1930. Apart from this photo they have a photo of Annie and Matthew as well as old photos of other family members. A bit confusing as this photo doesn't look like that of a fifty-odd year-old woman and the tree does not have Miriam as having a sister called Annie.

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